Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care: Welcome to the SPPC Website

Welcome to our Website

The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care is the national umbrella and representative body for palliative care in Scotland. Its charitable objects are 'to promote, enhance, improve and extend the provision of palliative care services to patients suffering from life-threatening progressive conditions, for the benefit of such people and their families throughout Scotland'. It contributes to national thinking and policy in relation to palliative care, and promotes improvements in service delivery at local level.

The website will tell you more about palliative care and about the Partnership's activities and publications. We hope you find it helpful.

STOP PRESS! REGISTER NOW FOR PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2008

Palliative Care: Daring to be different

This year's Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Annual Conference and AGM will take place on Thursday 2 October 2008 at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. There is an exciting programme and early registration is recommended.

Speakers will include the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Nicola Sturgeon, who will launch the forthcoming Action Plan for palliative and end of life care in Scotland, and Dr Harvey Max Chochinov, Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care (see below).

Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov, OM, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FRSC, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba, holds the only Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care. He established the Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit at Cancer Care Manitoba and helped spearhead the development of the Canadian Virtual Hospice, an interactive network for patients, families and healthcare providers dealing with terminal illness and loss, of which he is Co-chair. He has received international recognition for his work examining various psychosocial aspects of palliative care, including ways of preserving dignity at the end of life. Dr.Chochinov is a recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal and of his province’s highest honour, the Order of Manitoba, for his work in palliative care.

For further information please click on the appropriate link below:

Conference Programme 2008

Registration form 2008

Poster & display information 2008

Book early and reserve your place!

_______________________________________________________________________________ Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Palliative Care

The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care provides the secretariat for the Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Palliative Care.

You can find information and papers relating to the Cross Party Group via the following link:

Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Palliative Care

The Partnership’s latest publication Living and dying with advanced heart failure: a palliative care approach is now available. Click here

Endorsed by the Scottish Government and the National Centre for Advanced Heart Failure, and produced following extensive consultation, the report outlines key issues and themes which should be considered in the ongoing development of local strategies for the palliative care of patients with advanced heart failure.

Update - Issue 54, April 2008 Click here

The April 2008 edition of Update includes news of the Scottish Government's acceptance of the Partnership's recommendations for palliative and end of life care in Scotland (see below).

Palliative and end of life care in Scotland:
Recommendations submitted to the Scottish Executive

A report and recommendations, Palliative and end of life care in Scotland: the case for a cohesive approach, has been submitted by the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care to the Scottish Executive.

The report is the result of work undertaken by a short-life working group to examine the tools for palliative and end of life care recommended in the Department of Health End of Life Care Programme in England, including the Gold Standards Framework (GSF) and the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP), and to consider these within the context of Delivering for Health and the wider Scottish health agenda. The work was undertaken with the aim of ensuring equity in access to and standards of palliative and end of life care across Scotland on the basis of clinical need not diagnosis.

The report provides recommendations to the Scottish Executive for developing a cohesive approach to palliative and end of life care in Scotland. A consultation was carried out prior to submission which indicated widespread support for the recommendations, together with the belief that they would result in significant improvements for patients and families.

Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
May 2007

The text of the report and recommendations may be accessed via the following link:

Palliative and end of life care in Scotland

Publication of ‘A guide to using palliative care competence frameworks’

This guidance was produced jointly by the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care and NHS Education for Scotland, to support managers, teams and individuals to identify appropriate palliative care competences for use within their organisation or workplace. It is designed to:

* assist people to use the palliative care competences and frameworks that are already available
* help people to make sense of and fit in with the national context regarding competences, qualifications and careers
* help people to think through some of the issues that may be involved in identifying appropriate palliative care competences for local use.

Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
March 2007

Copies of this document can be obtained from the office of the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care. They may also be downloaded via the link below:

A guide to using palliative care competence frameworks

Please note that the offices of the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care are not open to the public. Should you need to contact us, please either phone on
0131 229 0538 or email office@palliativecarescotland.org.uk

Welcome to our Website The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care is the national umbrella and representative body for palliative care in Scotland. Its charitable objects are 'to promote, enhance, improve and extend the provision of palliative care services to patients suffering from life-threatening progressive conditions, for the benefit of such people and their families throughout Scotland'. It contributes to national thinking and policy in relation to palliative care, and promotes improvements in service delivery at local level. The website will tell you more about palliative care and about the Partnership's activities and publications. We hope you find it helpful. STOP PRESS! REGISTER NOW FOR PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2008 Palliative Care: Daring to be different This year's Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Annual Conference and AGM will take place on Thursday 2 October 2008 at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. There is an exciting programme and early registration is recommended. Speakers will include the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Nicola Sturgeon, who will launch the forthcoming Action Plan for palliative and end of life care in Scotland, and Dr Harvey Max Chochinov, Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care (see below). Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov, OM, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FRSC, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba, holds the only Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care. He established the Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit at Cancer Care Manitoba and helped spearhead the development of the Canadian Virtual Hospice, an interactive network for patients, families and healthcare providers dealing with terminal illness and loss, of which he is Co-chair. He has received international recognition for his work examining various psychosocial aspects of palliative care, including ways of preserving dignity at the end of life. Dr.Chochinov is a recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal and of his province’s highest honour, the Order of Manitoba, for his work in palliative care. For further information please click on the appropriate link below: Conference Programme 2008 Registration form 2008 Poster & display information 2008 Book early and reserve your place! _______________________________________________________________________________ Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Palliative Care The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care provides the secretariat for the Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Palliative Care. You can find information and papers relating to the Cross Party Group via the following link: Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Palliative Care The Partnership’s latest publication Living and dying with advanced heart failure: a palliative care approach is now available. Click here Endorsed by the Scottish Government and the National Centre for Advanced Heart Failure, and produced following extensive consultation, the report outlines key issues and themes which should be considered in the ongoing development of local strategies for the palliative care of patients with advanced heart failure. Update - Issue 54, April 2008 Click here The April 2008 edition of Update includes news of the Scottish Government's acceptance of the Partnership's recommendations for palliative and end of life care in Scotland (see below). Palliative and end of life care in Scotland: Recommendations submitted to the Scottish Executive A report and recommendations, Palliative and end of life care in Scotland: the case for a cohesive approach, has been submitted by the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care to the Scottish Executive. The report is the result of work undertaken by a short-life working group to examine the tools for palliative and end of life care recommended in the Department of Health End of Life Care Programme in England, including the Gold Standards Framework (GSF) and the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP), and to consider these within the context of Delivering for Health and the wider Scottish health agenda. The work was undertaken with the aim of ensuring equity in access to and standards of palliative and end of life care across Scotland on the basis of clinical need not diagnosis. The report provides recommendations to the Scottish Executive for developing a cohesive approach to palliative and end of life care in Scotland. A consultation was carried out prior to submission which indicated widespread support for the recommendations, together with the belief that they would result in significant improvements for patients and families. Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care May 2007 The text of the report and recommendations may be accessed via the following link: Palliative and end of life care in Scotland Publication of ‘A guide to using palliative care competence frameworks’ This guidance was produced jointly by the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care and NHS Education for Scotland, to support managers, teams and individuals to identify appropriate palliative care competences for use within their organisation or workplace. It is designed to: * assist people to use the palliative care competences and frameworks that are already available * help people to make sense of and fit in with the national context regarding competences, qualifications and careers * help people to think through some of the issues that may be involved in identifying appropriate palliative care competences for local use. Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care March 2007 Copies of this document can be obtained from the office of the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care. They may also be downloaded via the link below: A guide to using palliative care competence frameworks Please note that the offices of the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care are not open to the public. Should you need to contact us, please either phone on 0131 229 0538 or email office@palliativecarescotland.org.uk The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care is a company limited by guarantee and is registered in Scotland (no. 133003). It is registered as a charity with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (SC017979). This site was last updated: May 7, 2008


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